The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-11
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

London, Oct. 1.-THE inauguration
of the memorial fountain presented
by G. w. Chllds of Philadelphia to
Stratford-upon-Avon passed offunder
the brightest auspices. Never has the
old town celebrated a festive occasion
with more enthusiasm or presented
itself under better aspects. The
streets were radiant with bunting.
Visitors from London, Birmingham
and other populous centers were at
tracted and contributed to give STRAIT
ford one of the l~iveliest days in its an.
nails. Among the distinguished visi-
tors were United States Minister
Phelps, Henry Irving, Sir The
odoEe Martin, Lord Ronald
Cover, Lord Delaware, Sir
Theodore Martin, Sir Philip GunSiffe
Owen and the mayors Of Worcester.
Litchfeld, Coventry, Warw lex and
bennington. At noon all these, with
many other visitors, had assembled
at the town hall, whence the mayor
and the members of the corporation
marched in procession to the site Of
the memorial. Here there had long
Eeen assembled large thrCngof town
folks and STRANGERS, who admired the
graceful proportions of the fine struct-
ure whiChnow associates the name of
Mr.. Chllds with the history of STRAIT
ford. Upon-Avon. The crowd was
cleared back by a guard of the local
unlt3rAaar Cnrru md a pp uou
formed, within which the Ger, mony was
proceeded with. He read a letter from
James Russell Lowell, which said:
The monument which you accept to-day
in behalf Ofyour townsmen commentaries
at once the most marvellous OF EnglIshmen
and the jubilee year OF that august lady
whose name is honored wherever the Ian
-Ruag is spoken OF which he was the great
est master. No symbo| could more aptly
serve this double purpose than a fountain,
for surely no poet ever poured forth so
broad q river of speech as he. Nor could
the purity OF her character and exam pie
be better typifed thar b. the current that
shall flow forever from the sources opened
here to-day. ! am glad to think that this
memorial should be the gift Dian American
and thus serve to recall the kindred blood
of the two great nations, joint heirs Of the
same noble language and OF the genius that
has given it g cosmopolitan significance. l
am glad OF it because it ia one OF the
multiplying signs that those two nations
are beginning to think more and more OF
the things in which they ~sympAthIze
and less OF those in which they differ. /
trust that we shall on both sides think it
desirable in our intercourse onewith another
TO make our mother tongue search her COZ
iers round for the polished rather than the
sharp-cornered epithets she has stored
Ahawa IAt M h- MI Iraa1ao nWaaly Akn |
truth TO each other, for there is no one else
who ar speak it to either Of lie with such
a fraternal instinct for the weak point of
the other; but let us do it in such wise as
to show that it is the truth we love and
not the discomfort we can inflict by means
of it. Common literature and q common
respect Tor certain qualities OF character
and ways ~ thinking supply a neutral
ground where we may meet in the
assurance Liiat We shall find something
anliah.s IN each other. The dust that is
saeEsd TO You is sacred to the American.
The annals which Shakespeare makes walk
before us in flesh Inc blood are his no less
than yours. These are the ties whick 80
recognize on occasions like this. They win
be yearly drawn closer as science goes on
with her work oil abolishing time and space
and thus render more easy that peaceful
twixt divisibie shores which is
90 potent to clear away whatever is ex-
elusive in nationality or savors Of barbar.
ism in patriotism.
Enthusiastic cheers were given when
the nay finished reading Mr.. Ie%
ellis letter. The poet Whittier had
written q congratulatory letter to Mr..
Childs in whichshe said that the gift
during the present year was q happy
thought as connected with the queens
jubilee, and would GO far toward atom
ing for foolish utterances about Eng.
land coming from some American citi-
zen This portion of the letter was
received with cries of hear, hear
The mayor spoke in warm terms OF
appreciation of Mr.. Child's gift.
DR.. HOLMES CONTRIBUTIONS.
Nh. Irving was greeted with cheers.
lie said he had been requested to read
q poem, the work of q poet whose
name was beloved wherever the En-
gllsh language was spoken. DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes had made the mem.
orial the subject Of these memorable
verses:
Welcome thrice welcome is thy s~ilvery
gleams
Thou long imprisoned atraaml
Welcome the tinkle Of Thy crystal beads
AZ plashing raindrops to the fowery
meAds.
AZ ummsr breath to Avon's whispering
reedel
From rock walled channels, drowned n
rayless night.
Leap forth to life and light;
Wase from the darkness q thy troubled
And greet with answering smile the morn
ing'B beams
No purer lymph The White-limbed Naiad
knows
Than from shy chalice aowa;
Not the bright spring 81 Aries aunIg
shores.
Starry with spapslas washed nom golden
ores.
Nor CLASSY stream Biandusla's fountain
pone8,
Nor wave trapsiucent whore Sabripa MAR |
NraidB her loose iowinr hair
Nor the swift current, stainless 40 IL NE
Where ehi6 Argaikon steals iron AlpNe